I worked enough today to reward myself with a little knitting. Both of the Central Park Hoodie sleeves are underway. I know you are wondering about the bright pink post-it in the corner of the picture… It is my crazy notes on how many rows and increases remain. The eagle-eyed …
Finally after months of secrecy, I can reveal my knitting group’s secret project: A Blanket for Debbie! Debbie has been in our knitting group for years, and when she announced that she was getting married, we wanted to make something for her. The idea of a blanket was tossed around …
I made a few tiny amigurumi’s and it was so fun, that I decided to host a swap over on swapbot. From Ana Paula’s Pattern Partners will be assigned on June 1st, so sign up before then. You will have until June 20th to make one large (~ 8 inches) …
Continued from Part I These are the eyes you have been waiting for… I stumbled upon this idea after finishing an amigurumi cactus for my friend, and not wanting to sew on eyes. So I turned to one of my all time favorite crafting materials, Shrinky-dinks. I get my shrinky-dinks …
If you have ever knit a stuffed toy, or crocheted an amigurumi creation, you might have found yourself in search of the perfect eyes to bring life to your softie. While my quest for the perfect eyes is on-going, I have found a few ways to make suitable ones out …
I thought it appropriate to post this project today. Though it is not fully recycled it still has a bit of re-purposing, so that is good for earth day, right? Without further adieu, let me introduce to my little earth day Daisy. She is quiet (I am too lazy to …
I tried to come up with a clever title for my entry into this month’s whiplash competition, but I have failed. I am just saying it like it is. I like to drink beer, and occasionally malt liquor. Frequent readers here may also remember that I like to keep my …
April is the month of prizes over at the Walker Treasury Project. In case you haven’t heard, the project is an attempt to get color photographs of all the stitch patterns in Barbara Walker’s Treasury of Knitting books (First, Second, Charted Designs, Fourth, and Mosaic Knitting). It turns out that …
First tidbit: I am so happy that I stopped by hello yarn the other day. I discovered these cute little numbers. Photo from helloyarn’s flickr stream The pattern is available on her free pattern page. These have given me a great idea for making cute tiny things…. but more on …
First, the bad news… I applied for a table to sell my craft wares at the SF Bazaar Bizaare in May, and I didn’t get accepted. ho-hum. I can’t believe they have chosen to leave themselves moustache-less. Now I wish I would have done something to get involved like drop …